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Mia Del Bene

is an interdisciplinary designer working and living in Portland, Maine with a background in industrial design, graphic design, photography, and various craft disciplines.

Driven by arts, culture, the environment, and problem solving systems; Her practice is rooted in bringing ease, order, joy and restorative regulation into our communities, spaces and bodies.

Trained at the Pratt Institute and the Maine College of Art and Design, Mia is currently pursuing her Masters in Art Education while working as a Tattoo Artist, Yoga Teacher and Editorial Designer.


Exhibitions

Four Freedoms
Bob Crewe Gallery
2018

Futurespective
Institute of Contemporary Art
2019

Terrains
Friedman Gallery
2021

Play Lab: Surrealist Play Gone Astray
Portland Museum of Art
2022

Clever Cup
Center for Maine Craft
2024

Collective Marks
Space Gallery
2025

Curation & Installation

Ruby Jubilee
40th Anniversary Celebration

Costumes & Masks;
Wildling creatures

Boxes, Boxes, and more Boxes
series of rose engine lathe turned vessels

in TANDEM
an exploration of glass artistry and fabrication

PINCHED
a collection of hand built wares and works

Forging; Flora and Fauna
a series of metalwork inspired by nature

Marsh & Stone: Returning Home
a varied collection of sea inspired blown glass

WHAT IF?
an exploration of materials and boundaries

Maine Craft Association
2023

by Deb Butters
2023

by Christopher Joyce
2023

by Terrill Waldman & Charlie Jenkins
2023

by Ingrid Bathe
2023

by DMG Designs
2023

by Gordo Glass
2024

by Lonie Ellis
2024







Education

Aquinas High School
Advanced Regents Diploma

Pratt Institute
Pre College Program

Maine College of Art and Design
BFA, Graphic Design

Maine College of Art and Design
Masters in Arts of Teaching, Art Education

Bronx, New York
2017

Brooklyn, New York
2016-2017

Portland, Maine
2021

Portland, Maine
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